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CS 16.1 TRANSPORT SEA
A Practical Example of Tiering–Linking SEA of
Different Levels of Transport and Land Use Planning
in Wales
Fundingsland Tetlow, Monica; Centre for Sustainability, TRL,
Crowthorne House, Nine Mile Ride, Wokingham, Berkshire
RG40 3GA England. +44 (0)1344 770146. mtetlow@trl.co.uk
Gardner, Robert; Centre for Sustainability, TRL, Crowthorne
House, Nine Mile Ride, Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 3GA
England. +44 (0)1344 770575. rgardner@trl.co.uk
The Welsh Assembly Government is currently undertaking a
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the emerging
Wales Transport Strategy. The national transport strategy is
due to be finalised in 2006, and will be implemented through
four Regional Transport Plans. These are due in 2007 and will
each require a separate SEA. The transport strategy is one of
the national actions to arise from the Wales Spatial Plan,
which was adopted in November 2004. This plan is currently
under revision and will also be subject to an SEA, as will
some of its individual components.
The nature and timing of these SEA activities presents a
unique opportunity to develop a coherent approach that
enables SEA to effectively support transport and land use
planning activities in Wales. A coordinated approach to SEA is
therefore being taken to avoid duplication of effort in activities
such as setting objectives and indicators, baseline data
collation and monitoring. This paper seeks to apply some of
the tiering concepts considered by Jos Arts and Paul
Tomlinson at IAIA Prague. It outlines a common framework
that is being developed for the SEA activities in Wales, and
provides a practical example of vertical and horizontal tiering
across different planning sectors.
Strategic Environmental Assessment and Landscape
Fragmentation
Andìl, Petr; EVERNIA Ltd., tø. 1. máje 97, Liberec, 460 01
Czech Republic. +420 485 228 272. andel@evernia.cz
The paper deals with the role of strategic environmental
assessment in the regulation of landscape fragmentation in the
Czech Republic. The basic problem is the fragmentation
caused by transpot that includes two basic parts: (a)
maintaining non-fragmented areas large enough to ensure
partial populations, (b) decreasing the barrier effect as a basis
for migration between the partial populations. The
methodology for assessment the both aspects is described.
The principle is in defining unfragmented areas with traffic
and establishing their quality (quantifying suitable biotops
and quantifying risk of further fragmentation). This
unfragmented areas are compared with the prepared
motorways and roads. The possibilities of SEA process are
demonstrated in two practical examples: (i) SEA for
“Transport policy of the Czech Republic for 2006 – 2013” and
(ii) SEA for “Land-use plan of region Karlovy Vary (CZ).” In
both cases the results were evaluated as successful and
Ministry of Environment recommended this methodology for
futher applications.
Transposition of the European SEA Directive and
Implications for English Local Transport Plans.
Fundingsland Tetlow, Monica; Centre for Sustainability,
TRL, Crowthorne House, Nine Mile Ride, Wokingham,
Berkshire RG40 3GA England. +44 (0)1344 770146.
mtetlow@trl.co.uk
This paper presents the findings from a study into how
the SEA Directive has been transposed for English Local
Transport Plans, focussing on a review of internal and
external threats to a successful SEA.
The appraisal process that was in place for assessing the
environmental implications of Local Transport Plans
prior to the SEA Directive entering into force had limited
influence on plan preparation. The requirement for
taking SEA into account therefore presents an
unprecedented opportunity for strengthening the
influence of transport appraisal in England, and
ultimately for improving the environmental outcome of
Local Transport Plans. However, aspects of the
institutional and regulatory context within which the
SEA requirements for Local Transport Plans are being
implemented represent potential threats to the successful
implementation of this requirement. Some of these
threats are within the control of individual authorities
and SEA/ Local Transport Plan practitioners, whereas
others are not.
This paper investigates ways to optimise the
opportunities presented by the requirement to take SEA
into account during plan preparation, whilst minimising
the threats to successful implementation of this
requirement. Using the English transport planning and
appraisal system as a basis, the paper identifies issues
that may be of relevance to other countries.
Tiering SEA And Project EIA: Lessons From
Highway Planning in São Paulo, Brazil
Sánchez, Luis; Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof.
Mello Moraes, 2373, São Paulo, SP 05508-900 Brazil.
+55 11 3091-5186. lsanchez@usp.br
Silva-Sánchez, Solange; Consultant, Rua Judith P.
Esteves, 255/14C, São Paulo, SP 05625-030 Brazil.
solss@usp.br
Constructing highways in dense urban areas is always a
challenge. In São Paulo Metropolitan Region, heavy
truck traffic contributes to clog streets and expressways
alike. As part of the traffic neither originates nor heads
to the region, a peripheral highway has been proposed to
reduce traffic problems. This project, called Rodoanel,
encompasses a 6 to 8 lane expressway 175 km long
linking major highways radiating from São Paulo.
The agency in charge, Dersa, filed a first environmental
impact statement, considered as insufficient by the State
Department of Environmental Impact Assessment. Thus,
Dersa commissioned a strategic environmental
assessment of a revamped project, called Rodoanel
Program.
This paper discusses the decision-making implications of
such as change, critically reviews the SEA report and
elaborates on the shortcomings of a second EIS prepared
after the SEA report and based on its major findings and
recommendations. Authors argue that, far from featuring
a genuine SEA process, Rodoanel SEA was merely
intended to facilitate project approval, and failed to
satisfactorily take account of significant strategic issues.
Among these, the highway potential effect of inducing
urban sprawling over water protection zones was the
most critical issue considered in the environmental
decision-making processes.
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